I've read replies from everyone and they are spot on...(inflation of Steem...etc.)

Also before the last hardfork 18... your posts could make money over a 30 day period and your post would be paid out in 24 hours.

Imagine if you were someone like myself writing a post getting paid in 1 day... that I believe was one of the biggest marketing tools for this platform (I truly miss it)... now we wait 7 days for payout.

So things have changed and they will continue to do so with the next hardfork coming up soon... don't get discouraged.. be grateful that we have a place like Steemit :-)